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Albert Whitman company 

PUBLISHERS 

CHICAGO ILLINOIS 






TEXT BY LAURA ROUN 
A UTIfOB^OF 

JOLLY POLLY 6& CURLY TAIL, TIDDLYWINKS 
COMICAL ANIMAL STORIES, ETC. 

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THE TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Copyright, 1923, by Albert Whitman & Co. 
Chicago, U. S. A. 



A JUST RIGHT BOOK 

AUC 29 ’23 MADE IN THE U. S. A. 


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PREFACE 

The happy adventures of Curly-Tail and the 
fourteen Little Darling Dogs are simply told in 
this book. They are instructive stories and are 
full of humor and make enjoyable reading to all 
children. 

Daddy Do-Little, the unusual Dog, and Pedro, 
the Parrot, are amusing characters. 

“A Visit to Mrs. Santa Claus,” is something 
new and original for awakening the child’s atten¬ 
tion. This book is of easy vocabulary and will 
aid the child’s learning. 





CONTENTS 

A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 

A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 

TABLE MANNERS. 

THE COOKIE DOG. 

THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE. 

GARDEN DAYS. 


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“ 70 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 


Curly-Tail Jumped on a Rocking Horse.Frontispiece 

Santa Claus.Page 9 

Hurrah for Mrs. Santa Claus. “ 13 

The Bundle Flew Out the Open Window. “ 21 

No One Was at the Door. “ 25 

And He Started Down the Road. “ 29 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs Came Trooping Down 

the Road. “ 31 

Daddy Do-Little Made Nice Moist Ginger Snaps. “ 35 

The Snowmen Were Singing in the Moonlight. “ 41 

They Danced Round and Round the Circle. “ 45 

Over Hill and Dale They Went. “ 51 

It Jumped Suddenly Out of the Pan. “ 55 

The Old Fellow Would Only Sit in His High Back Chair 

and Scold . “ 59 

The Sled Turned Them Head Over Heels in a Snow Drift.... “ 63 

Sly Foot Bound Curly-Tail to a Chair. “ 67 

What Should He See but a Circus Parade. “ 71 

They Walked the Tight-Rope Together. “ 75 

Pedro Threw Off the Dog Skin and Flew at Sly Foot. “ 79 

He Found Garden Seeds Everywhere. “ 87 

Curly-Tail Out in the Garden. “ 91 

He Danced Right Out of the Book. “ 95 

























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Curly-Tail Jumped On a Rockins Horse 









THE TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 



A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 

Daddy Do-Little it is true, 

Wears a coat red, white, and blue, 
He’s happier than I can tell, 

The new coat fits him very well! 


One December day, Curly-Tail, the 
dearest little dog in the world, jumped 
upon his Rocking Horse and rocked 
away, away, away. 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


He said, “I will go to Santa Claus’ 
work-shop, perhaps I will find our old 
Parrot.” 

He rocked away all day, and when 
night came he found a little cave in the 
woods. He went in and curled up and 
fell asleep. 

Next day he woke up early and cried, 

“I’ve lost the right path, without fail. 

This is a joke on Curly-Tail!” 

He rocked away, away, away, again, 
and soon he said, “Some one is coming 
down the path, I hear the patter, 
patter of little feet.” 

Then he set up a shout, for who 
should be coming to meet him but the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs? 




A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


11 


They all set up a shout, crying, 

“Ha, ha, ha, the lost is found, 

Rocking, rocking o’er the ground.” 

Curly-Tail got down from the Rock¬ 
ing Horse and said, “I am going to 
Santa Claus’ work-shop and this 
Rocking Horse knows the way, who 
will go with me?” 

“I will, I will, I will,” cried the Four¬ 
teen Little Darling Dogs in one breath, 
so Curly-Tail got on the Rocking 
Horse and rocked away, away, away, 
and the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
ran on behind. 

“I see a light ahead,” shouted the 
first Little Darling Dog. “I see a 
light,” shouted the next, and the next. 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


They came to a little wee house in the 
woods. 

Curly-Tail without waiting for an 
invitation rocked right in the open 
door, crying, “Hurrah for Mrs. Santa 
Claus! Here we are, the whole Curly- 
Tail family!” 

Mrs. Santa Claus was so surprised 
she cried, 

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, by my frilled cap, 

I surely must be taking a nap!” 

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She tried to count the Little Darling 
Dogs, but they danced about her so 
fast, she never knew which ones she 
counted twice, and which ones she 
never counted at all! 





Hurrah for Mrs. Santa Claus 

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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail begged, “Please let us go 
into Santa Claus work-shop!’’ 

Mrs. Santa Claus said, 

“This thing I will tell you true, 

Such an idea will not do.” 

She said Santa Claus was not at 
home, and she never let any one go in 
his work-shop. 

Then the first Little Darling Dog sat 
down on the floor and began to 
grumble, and the next Little Darling 
Dog began to weep, and the next Little 
Darling Dog got a scowly face, and 
such a noise you never heard. 


Only Curly-Tail kept good natured. 





A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


15 


He rocked gently to and fro on his 
wonderful Rocking Horse and said, 
“You make as much noise as Daddy 
Do-Little when he is lonesome.” 

Mrs. Santa Claus said, “Who is 
Daddy Do-Little?” 

Curly-Tail replied. 

“He’s the laziest animal in the woods, 

He always did little if he could.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs, 
said, 

“If you could only hear him grumbling, 
You would think ’twas thunder rumb¬ 
ling.” 

Mrs. Santa Claus said, “If the old 
fellow had a new coat, perhaps he 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


would not be so lazy or grumble so 
much. Here is my work basket, and 
some cloth, go to work if you please.” 

Mrs. Santa Claus opened a slide in 
the wall and disappeared! 

“Ha, ha, ha,” cried the Fourteen 
Little Darling Dogs. 

Curly-Tail cried, “Hurrah! hurrah, 
we will make Daddy Do-Little a new 
coat out of this cloth.” 

My, how busy they were! 

One Little Darling Dog got a tape 
measure and measured the cloth. 

One Little Darling Dog got a pair 
of scissors and went, “snip, snip, snip.” 




A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


17 


One Little Darling Dog began to 
unwind a spool of thread, and the 
other Little Darling Dogs sat around 
in groups threading needles! 

Curly-Tail skipped about giving di¬ 
rections. 

Soon they were all sewing on Daddy 
Do-Little’s new coat! 

“Oh, oh, oh,” cried the Little 
Darling Dogs, as they pricked them¬ 
selves on the needles. 

Curly-Tail cried, 

“Cheer up, cheer up, we’re nearly through 
We’ll make a coat that just fits you.” 

Then the Fourteen Little Darling 
Dogs began to sing a song and their 
needles flew faster and faster. 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


They would interrupt one another 
by shouting, “Who has the thimble? 
Who has the thread? Where is my 
needle?” and still the song sounded 
beautifully. 

Curly-Tail cried, 

“Where will we get buttons do you suppose 
To finish up this animal’s clothes?” 

Then they heard thump, bump, 
down the chimney fell six little brass 
buttons. 

They sewed the brass buttons on the 
coat, and soon it was finished. 

Then a voice cried, 

“Come into the chimney, ’tis large and wide, 
There's room for the Curly-Tails side by 
side.” 




A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


19 


They looked toward the chimney. 

There, sure enough were little seats, 
and little tables. On each table was 
a plate with a pie smoking hot. 

How they all enjoyed their lunch! 

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They cried out, 

“We are happy now because, 

Of mince pie, Mrs. Santa Claus!” 

Mrs. Santa Claus opened the panel 
in the wall and went back into the 
house. She asked to see the coat, 
which they had tied up in a neat 
bundle. 

The first Little Darling Dog began 
to untie the string which held the 
bundle, and the bundle hopped about 
in the strangest way. 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Then the next Little Darling Dog 
said, “Let me untie it,” and the next 

one said, “I will untie it in a minute.” 

. 

At that very moment there, before 

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their very noses, the bundle jumped 
out of the window and was gone! 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
thought their work was all lost and 
they began to weep and wail, but 
Curly-Tail said, 

“Cheer up, cheer up, for by the by, 

We had the nicest kind of pie!” 

So, the Fourteen Little Darling 
Dogs all dried their eyes and went to 
the door. 

Curly-Tail jumped on his Rocking 
Horse. 




A VISIT TO MRS. SANTA CLAUS 21 



The Bundle Flew Out of the Open Window 


The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
rubbed their eyes for they saw fourteen 
Rocking Horses standing in a row. 

They shouted, 

“W e are so happy now because, 

We have a present from Santa Glaus.” 







































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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail said, 

“I hope each horse is trusty and good, 

We’ll rock away through the deep green 
wood.” 

When they came to Daddy Do- 
Little’s house in the woods they all 
set up a shout, for there he stood in the 
doorway with his new coat on! 

He was happy you may be sure, and 
they all rocked round him on their 
wonderful Rocking Horses. 




A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


In January as you know, 

We always make some men of snow, 

And if you study well each page, 

You’ll find the Parrot in his cage. 

Little Curly-Tail called out one 
morning, 

“A Happy New Year, A Happy New Year, 
And January at last is here.” 


Curly-Tail curled his little tail up 
tighter and tighter, as he ran down 
stairs three steps at a time, and he set 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


the table and got breakfast, before 
Daddy Do-Little had a chance to 

answer him. 

Curly-Tail kept humming over and 
over, “A Happy New Year, A Happy 
New Year.” 

“Hush, what is that? 

A-rap, a-tap,” 

cried out Daddy Do-Little, suddenly. 

Sure enough, there was a “rap, tap, 
tapping,” at the door, but when they 
got to the door, no one was there. 

“Hard lines for one of any age. 

To lose a parrot in a cage.” 

said Daddy Do-Little. 







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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Just then, they heard a “rap, tap, 
tapping,” on the window pane. 

They ran quickly of course to the 
window but could see no one. 

They sat down to breakfast and 
Daddy Do-Little said, “More sugar, 
please.” 

A voice spoke up, “More sugar, 
please.” 

Curly-Tail said, 

“It must be the Parrot, I'll leave the table 
And find him soon as I am able.” 

He looked about in-doors and out¬ 
doors and still he could see no one. 

Now Daddy Do-Little was a famous 
old cook, and he felt like cooking that 
morning, but he called, 




A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


27 


“We are out of sugar, how do you suppose 
I can make ginger-snaps, goodness knows.” 

At that, Curly-Tail got out his little 
red cap and cape and market basket, 
and said, “I will go to the grocers and 
get the sugar.” 

“Get the sugar,” repeated a familiar 
voice, and Daddy Do-Little said, 

“The Parrot is hiding, ’tis very true 
We’ll find him now, whatever we do.” 

They searched one hour and sixteen 
minutes but could not find the Parrot. 

Little Curly-Tail went out of the 
house, “click,” west the gate and he 
started down the road. 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Daddy Do-Little came to the door 
waving his red pocket handkerchief 
frantically, and shouted, 

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“A handkerchief for your little nose, 

You had better carry I suppose.” 

Sure enough, Curly-Tail did have a 
cold, and so he came back good 
naturedly, and got the handkerchief 
and started again to the grocers after 
the sugar. 

This time he did not even get as far 
as the garden gate when Daddy Do- 
Little rapped on the window, crying, 

‘‘It seems to me it’s rather funny, 

To go for sugar without money.” 





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A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


Curly-Tail laughed and came back 
with a hop and a skip and a bound. 

Will you believe it? It took Daddy 
Do-Little three quarters of an hour 
to find his rusty-hinged old pocket 
book, and when he found it, it only 
had twenty-five cents in it. 

Then they looked in the old cracker 
jar and found sixteen hundred pennies! 

“Pennies will do, pennies will do,” 
called a merry voice, but they could 
see no one. 

Curly-Tail started again. 

By this time it was snowing and 
blowing. 





“The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs Came Trooping Down the 


Road” 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“Click,” went the gate, he thought 
he was off in good earnest this time, 
but Daddy Do-Little cried again, 

.“Will you ask for white, or brown, 

When you come into the town?” 

Then a very surprising thing hap¬ 
pened. 

A great shout was heard and the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs came 
trooping down the road. 

Daddy Do-Little was thoroughly 
and entirely cross at this unlooked for 
interruption, and he shouted, 

“Be it fairy tale or fable, 

To entertain them I’m not able.” 




A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


33 


Curly-Tail danced up to him and 
whispered, “Snowmen, let the Darling 
Dogs stay outside and make Snow¬ 
men.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
came on with a whoop and a bound, 
and Daddv Do-Little shouted, 

“Make some Snowmen on the ground, 
Make some Snowmen jolly and round.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
went to work with a will, and Curly- 
Tail started off saying, “I will really, 
truly get the sugar this time.” 

Just as he was nearly out of sight of 
the house, he heard a great shout, and 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs ran 
after him and brought him back. 

Daddy Do-Little said, 

“There are several kinds of sugar tis true, 
White, and brown, and red, and blue.” 

It took them all forty-seven minutes 
to decide what kind of sugar they 
wanted for their ginger snaps, and 
what kind of sugar to have on the 
frosting. 

All this time, the Fourteen Little 
Darling Dogs jumped up and down 
and said, “Oh Daddy Do-Little are 
you really going to make nice, moist 
ginger snaps? And can we all stay to 
lunch?” 





Daddy Do-Little Made Nice Moist Ginger Snaps 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


By and by Curly-Tail slipped off, 
and this time he went on safely to the 
grocery store. 

He got brown sugar to put in the 
ginger snaps and red sugar to put on 
for frosting. 

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He went back home with a hop, and 
a skip, and a bound, and helped the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs make 
Snowmen, while Daddy Do-Little 
made the nice, moist ginger snaps. 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
were so cold they begged to come in 
and warm their paws, so by and by 
they all shook off the snow and crept 




A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


37 


quietly into the parlor and sat down 
in a semi-circle about the parlor stove, 
and warmed their paws. 

“A-kit-chew,” sneezed the First 
Little Darling Dog. 

“A-kit-chew,” sneezed the second. 

Just as Daddv Do-Little came to 

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the door to scold, the Parrot came out 
from his hiding place under the sofa 
and said, 

“It really puts me in a rage, 

To spend my life inside this cage.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
crowded around and said, “It must be 
a magic cage, see it move.” 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail said, “Where did you 
come from, Sir. I have looked for yo u 
over hill and dale.” 

“Poor old Polly,” said Daddy Do- 
Little. 

This put the Parrot in a rage at 
once and he shouted, 

“It is, Sir, the greatest folly, 

To give a man, the name of Polly!” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
took out their fourteen little pocket 
handkerchiefs and laughed until they 
cried, waving their handkerchiefs in 
the air. 

The sun had come out so bright and 
warm the Snowmen began to melt. 




A HAPPY NEW YEAR 


39 


The Parrot cried, 

“If you’d take out a bucket of water or so 
It might freeze them up again you know.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
got fourteen little pails of water, and 
carried out water to pour on their 
Snowmen. 

Curly-Tail let the parrot out of his 
cage, and Daddy Do-Little finished 
his moist ginger snaps. 

The Fourteen Little Darling D^gs 
went happily homeward each with a 
moist ginger snap, with red sugar 
upon it. 


Late at night the Parrot called, 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“To tell my name I am afraid, 

Just listen to that serenade.” 

The Snowmen were singing in the 
moonlight, 

“Happy New Year you hear us call, 

A Happy New T ear to one and all, 

From Mexico the Parrot came, 

And little PEDRO is his name.” 

“Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah,” cried 
Curly-Tail, ” at last we know the Par- 
rot’s name,” they looked about, but 
the Parrot was nowhere to be seen! 





The Snowmen Were Singing in the Moonlight 


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TABLE MANNERS 

To learn some manners at the table, 

Every animal is able, 

To be polite, please do not fail, 

When entertained by Curly-Tail. 

One day Daddy Do-Little called out, 

“Somebody is late, it makes me pale,. 

To receive no answer from Curly-Tail. 

There was no answer sure enough. 

The old clock struck twelve, and one, 
and still Curly-Tail did not come 

home. 

Daddy Do-Little got out his new 
yellow and green walking stick, and 
started out to look for Curly-Tail. 


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TABLE MANNERS 


43 


Early that morning Curly-Tail had 
gone with a hop, and a skip, and a 
bound into Farmer Brown’s garden 
to get an apple to roast for dinner. 

“Click,” went a spring, and for the 
first time in his life Curly-Tail was 
caught in a trap! 

He said, “If I could only uncurl my 
tail, if I could only uncurl my tail I 
would feel happier. 

His tail was caught in the trap. 

He was wondering what he would do 
when he heard the “patter, patter, 
patter,” of many little feet. 

Then a most delightful thing 
happened! 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
were coming into Farmer Brown’s 
garden to get ripe, red, rosy apples to 
roast for dinner. 

They came with a hop, and a skip 
and a bound, and suddenly stopped, 
for they saw poor Curly-Tail caught 
in the trap. 

It took them one hour and fourteen 
minutes to find out how to open the 
trap, but at last the spring gave with a 
“click, click, click” and Curly-Tail was 
free once more. 

They all were so glad to set Curly- 
Tail free that they danced round and 
round in a circle, and they all forgot to 
get the ripe, red, rosy apples for dinner. 







46 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
invited Curly-Tail to come to their 
home for dinner, which he gladly did. 

They all sat down at the table and 
the Darling Dogs made a great noise 
eating their food. 

Curly-Tail said, “If you will come to 
my little tent in the woods for supper, 
I will teach you some table manners.” 

Then he curled his funny little tail 
up tighter and tighter, and ran away 
to his own little tent in the woods. 

At exactly six o’clock the Fourteen 
Little Darling Dogs appeared at his 
tent. 




TABLE MANNERS 


47 


They cried, “Oh,” and “Ah” and 
“How very surprising.” 

There was a table in the tent with 
fifteen little chairs around it. 

On the table were plates, and knives, 
and forks, and spoons. 

There was a cup and saucer for each 
one. 

They all sat down at the table and 
began to talk at once, and drum with 
their silver spoons. 

Curlv-Tail said, 

“It is not polite to make a noise, 

You act like careless girls and boys.” 

He gave each one of them a little 
red and white checked napkin. 





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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


By this time they were so hungry and 
the food looked so good that they 
began to smack their lips. 

Curly-Tail said, 

“Eat with a spoon now if you please, 

Come, be polite and do not tease. ” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
took their fourteen little spoons and 
began to eat their broth. 

It was much too hot and burned 
their mouths and they began to weep 
and wail. 

Curly-Tail gave each one a sip of 
milk to cool their mouths, and at this 
very minute, some one rapped on a 
tree outside saying, 




TABLE MANNERS 


49 


“Beside this little tent I'll stay 
Alas, alack, I’ve lost my way.” 

“Daddv Do-Little,” shouted the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs. 

They ran outside and hugged the 
old fellow and Curly-Tail was pleased 
to invite him into the tent. 

The Darling Dogs forgot all about 
their table manners for Daddy Do- 
Little carried a great basket of good 
things to eat, and they danced about 
the basket and helped themselves. 

By and by Daddy Do-Little grew 
tired of the noise and he whispered 
something into Curly-Tail’s left ear 
and they went outside. 






50 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Daddy Do-Little spread out his 
magic red cotton handkerchief, they 
stepped upon it and sailed away, away, 
away. 

Over hill and dale they went and 
sailed right into Daddy Do-Little’s 
front yard and landed on his door 
step. 

Curly-Tail went into the kitchen and 
put on a blue and white checked apron, 
and made a good fire. 

Daddy Do-Little sat still saying, 

“I made some doughnuts goodness knows 
Some animal stole them, I suppose.” 

Curly-Tail was all this time measur¬ 
ing and sifting and mixing. By and 
by he got out a rolling pin and rolled 
out some wonderful cookies. 





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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


He took the cookie cutter and cut 
out cookies shaped like animals. 

Soon he had a plate full of cookies 
to take to Daddy Do-Little. 

Daddy Do-Little was delighted, he 

said, 

“Little Curly-Tail, by my eyes, 

You surely take me by surprise, 

Did you use a spoon? Did you use a book? 
Tell me how did you become a cook?'' 

Curly-Tail noticed that one cookie 
was larger than the rest and stuck 
to the pan. 

It grew larger, and larger and larger, 
crack, crack it jumped suddenly out of 
the pan and came and stood in the 
doorway, shouting, 




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“I’m a cookie animal ho, ho, 

Very funny and made of dough, 

With a leap and a bound and scarce a 
sound, 

You'll see me hop, skip across the ground, 
Fm a cookie animal ho, ho, 

I’ll make my bow before I go.” 

This funny cookie animal made a 
low bow and bounded out of the 
window. 

Daddy Do-Little laughed until he 
cried. 

Curly-Tail ran down the road after 
the cookie animal. 

The cookie animal shouted, 

“I am ahead in the race, 

Don’t bite the nose from my face.” 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail came nearer, and nearer, 
and the cookie animal cried out, 

“Don’t bite my paws, don’t bite my ears, 
Can’t you see I’ve shed some tears?” 

Curly-Tail came so near that the 
cookie animal felt his hot breath and 
he whispered, 

“I have some feelings, I’m growing pale, 
Don’t come any nearer Curly-Tail.” 

Then the cookie dog jumped into a 
hole in a hollow tree, and though 
Curly-Tail stood and coaxed for an 
hour he would not come out. 

When Curly-Tail got back he found 
Daddy Do-Little nodding by the fire. 




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“It Jumped Suddenly Out of the Pan” 


Just as he remarked that he thought 
they would see the cookie dog no more, 
“rap-a-tap, ” was heard at the window- 
pane, and there stood the cookie dog 
singing, 








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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“I really wonder how you are, 

May I sleep to-night in your cookie jar?” 

Curly-Tail opened the window and 
the cookie dog jumped into the cookie 
jar and fell asleep. 

Daddy Do-Little complained, 

“Of a cookie dog I never heard, 

The whole thing now seems quite absurd.” 

They went to bed, and in the morn¬ 
ing, the cookie dog was gone. 




THE COOKIE DOG 


If you are lonesome where you are, 

Just go to meet your cookie jar, 

Then cook a little if you're able, 

And roll out cookies on your table. 

One day Daddy Do-Little went into 
the kitchen early scolding, 

“I may be deaf and rather old, 

But still you see that I can scold.’' 

He looked into his cookie jar and 
his doughnut jar, and his cracker jar, 
and his ginger snap jar, and he found 
though they had been cooking to fill 
them up for days and days, they were 
all empty! 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail tried to get breakfast and 
make Daddy Do-Little forget his 
troubles, but the old fellow would only 
sit in his high backed chair and scold. 

By and by Curly-Tail said, “I have 
no doubt but Sly Foot, the old Wolf, 
knows where your cookies and crack¬ 
ers, and doughnuts, and ginger snaps 
are, and I will go and visit him to-day. 

Daddy Do-Little said, 

“You’re a cunning fellow and ought to 
thrive, 

But you’ll never come back from there 
alive.” 

Curly-Tail laughed as he put on his 
new coat and cap and mittens, but 




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The Old Fellow Would Only Sit in His High Backed Chair and Scold 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Daddy Do-Little said, “He will make 
mince meat of you in a minute.” 

Though it was spring time, there 
had been a light fall of snow, and so 
Curly-Tail went down hill on his sled. 

Daddy Do-Little was so sorry to see 
him go that he cried real tears into his 
new pocket handkerchief. 

Curly-Tail rode away, away, away, 
until he came to Sly Foot's den, then 
he stopped, for Sly Foot was within 
and roared, 

Old Sly Foot said, 

“Growling and thunder, who is there? 

Is it a doggie? Is it a bear?’ - 

Curly-Tail replied in a terrible voice, 




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61 


“Growling and thunder I'm hearty and 

t/ 

hale 

And my name, if you please, Sir, is Curlv- 
Tail.” 

L was so surprised to see 
his visitor when he came out of the 
den that he had not a word to sav, so 
Curly-Tail continued, 

t J 7 

our doughnut jar I’ve come to borrow 
Either to-day, or else to-morrow.** 


Old Sly Foot was so upset at the 
mention of the stolen doughnut jar 
that he turned a backward somersault 
in the snow crying, 

"Ha, ha, ha, the jar will stay 
With me tomorrow and yesterday.'' 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Curly-Tail cried, 

“Better take back what you have said, 
But first come riding on my sled.” 


Old Sly Foot was so surprised that 
Curly-Tail was not afraid of him, he 
sat down on the sled with pleasure and 
the first thing, the sled turned them 
head over heels in a snow drift. 

Curly-Tail laughed and said, “Will 
you give up the doughnut jar, and the 
cookie jar, and the ginger snap jar, and 
the cracker jar?” 

“Growling and thunder, I’ll not give 
them up for that one little bump,” 
said Old Sly Foot. 







“The Sled Turned Them Head Over Heels in a Snow Drift ” 


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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


So, they dragged the sled up hill 
together, when the most surprising 
things began to happen! 

The sled stood up on end, and began 
to chase Sly Foot down hill, it beat 
him too, at every step of the way. 

“Help, help,” he cried, “will this 
sled never stop beating me?” 

The sled chased him back into his 
den and he stood there growling, 

“I’m black and blue, ’tis very true, 

Here are the empty jars for you. ” 

Gurly-T ail saw it was no use to mince 
matters, so he went into the woods to 
think. 




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He dressed up as a peddler and went 
back to Old Sly Foot s den and began 
to sell his wares. 

Suddenly Sly Foot said, “Those 
don’t look like a peddler’s feet, those 
don’t look like a peddler’s hands.' 

Then his voice rose to a shriek and 
he said, “Those don’t look like a ped¬ 
dler’s ears, and he pulled off Curlv- 
Tails cap and saw he had been fooled. 

Curly-Tail only wanted to get into 
the den to see where Old Sly Foot had 
hidden the cookies, and doughnuts, 
and crackers, and ginger snaps.* 

Old Sly Foot bound Curly-Tail to a 
chair and set a kettle over the fire to 
boil, saying, 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


‘I will boil you very truly, 

For you seem to me unruly.” 

Curly-Tail blew a little silver whistle 
and in trooped the Fourteen Little 
Darling Dogs, to his rescue. 

As they could not find anything Sly 
Foot had taken, they all hastened away 
to the grocers, rattling their pennies 
in their pockets. 

Soon they bought doughnuts, and 
cookies, and crackers, and ginger snaps 
to fill up Daddy Do-Little’s jars. 

As they came to his house they heard 
the old fellow saying, 

'There’s something to worry me without 
fail, 

I wonder what happened to Curly-Tail.” 



























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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


When he saw Curly-Tail and the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs with 
their little bags of cookies and dough¬ 
nuts, and ginger snaps, and crackers, 
he was so pleased, he forgot he was old 
and cross and ran out smiling to meet 
them. 

They went inside and began to eat 
out of their paper bags, and Daddy 
Do-Little told such funny ghost stories 
that the hair rose on their backs a 
couple of inches! 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
were afraid to go home in the dark, so 
Daddy Do-Little said. 

“I have made hammocks for fourteen years, 
They'll be useful too, it now appears." 




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THE COOKIE DOG 


69 


He went to a big box and got out 
fourteen little hammocks, and strung 
them up on hooks for the Fourteen 
Little Darling Dogs to occupy. 

They were pleased you may be sure. 

Curly-Tail went up stairs to occupy 
his own little bed. 

He cried out, when he woke in the 
night, 

"The doughnut jar’s empty still I suppose, 
We ate them all up, as every one knows. 

Sure enough, they all ate up the 
contents of their little paper bags, 
while Daddy Do-Little told ghost 
stories. 




THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE 


If you are bound on merriment, 

Just step inside a Circus Tent, 

The Clown tells jokes so very funny, 

You’ll find it’s always worth the money. 

One bright spring morning Curly- 
Tail got up early and crept down stairs 
very softly so he would wake no one. 

He went into the kitchen and packed 
a little red and white basket with a 
lunch, and soon he was off, and away. 

He was going to find Pedro. 

He said, “Daddy Do-Little is so 
lonesome, I will never come back until 
I can find Pedro to keep him 
company.” 


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What Should He See but a Circus Parade 

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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


He sang merrily as he went tripping 
along through the woods that led to 
the town. 

It was now nine o’clock. 

What should he see but a Circus 
Parade. 

He came up to the band wagon and 
began to spin around after his curly 
little tail, and the Band Master said, 

"Ha, ha, ha, don't be afraid, 

Come, join our Circus Day Parade. 

"Do you mean it?” asked Curly- 
Tail. 

The Band Master replied, 


“I talk quite straight, not like a riddle, 
Ha, ha, ha, can you play the fiddle?"' 




THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE 


73 


Curly-Tail was glad to be helped 
up on the band wagon. 

He was in a real Circus Day parade. 

The Clowns danced and threw col¬ 
ored candies to the crowd. 

The Band played and played. 

The horses pranced. 

The elephants walked in a long line, 
and all was very splendid indeed. 

The Band Master said, 

“To do your tricks you must not fail, 

I hope you’re a dancer, Curly-Tail. ’ 

Curly-Tail was never so proud before 
in his life, he danced round and round 
after his tight little tail, as he rode on 






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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


top of the Band Wagon, and the crowd 
cheered, and said “What a comical 
little fellow.” 

By and by they came to a big tent 
and if you guessed fourteen years you 
could never guess who was walking 
outside on the tight-rope! 

It was his cousin Tangle-Tail, who 
was a famous tight-rope walker. 

When Tangle-Tail saw Curly-Tail, 
he got down off the tight-rope in the 
twinkling of an eye and whispered 
something to him, then they both 
swung up together and walked the 
tight-rope together, their funny little 
tails curling and twisting tighter, every 
step of the way. 




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They Walked the Tight-Rope Together 


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76 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


The crowed cheered, and every one 
wanted to go inside the big tent, of 
course. 

Curly-Tail had a wonderful after- 

\s 

noon. 

He rode on the horse’s backs in the 
ring, and he walked the tight-rope and 
danced on a big drum, but his most 

delightful adventure was still to come. 

% * 

When the Circus was over, he went 
near one of the little side-show tents, 
and heard some one call out, 

“To be a prisoner is not jolly, 

And don’t you dare to call me ‘Polly’.” 

Curly-Tail was so excited he did not 
know what to do. He ran into the 






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77 


tent and cried, “Pedro, our dear lost 
Pedro.*' 

Pedro could hardly believe his eyes 
when he saw Curly-Tail, but he cried, 

“Tho you know my name's not Polly, 

To talk loudly would be folly.” 

They began to talk and plan about 
getting Pedro home. 

Just then Tangle-Tail came into the 
tent, and said they must get a cage, 
and there was no time to lose as the 
Circus people were coming into the 
tent. 

Then Tangle-Tail thought of an old 
dog-skin he had. He said they would 
wrap it around Pedro, and take him 
in it down the road. 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


They did this, Pedro scolding all 
the while. 

All would have gone well I am sure, 
if they had not met Sly Foot. 

He cried, “Ha, ha, ha, I see my 
Sunday dinner right here before me.” 

Tangle-Tail was never so puzzled be¬ 
fore in his life, and Curly-Tail did not 
know what to do either, and all the 
time Sly Foot was coming nearer and 
nearer. 

He came so close, they could feel 
his hot breath on their cheeks, and he 
shouted, “By my whiskers and tail I 
will have a fine Sunday dinner!” 










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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


At this very minute, Pedro threw 
off the dog-skin and flew at Sly Foot, 
making a terrible noise, he said, 

“Sly Foot, if you are not wise, 

I’ll peck out both your big, black eyes.” 

Sly Foot cried, “Let me go, Sir, let 
me go, Sir, I really meant no harm 
whatever, it was just my little joke.’ 

Then Pedro flew on top of his head, 
and shouted in his ear, 

“You may be a joker, wherever you are, 

But don’t you forget the doughnut jar.” 

Then Sly Foot howled, “Let me go, 
Sir, let me go, Sir.'' 

Pedro said, 

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“Will you leave the Curly-Tails alone, 

4 

And be content with a turkey bone?” 




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81 


Sly Foot promised, and Pedro gave 
him a little peck on his head as he 
let him go, 

By and by when Sly Foot had run 
away, Curly-Tail set up a shout, for 
the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs were 
coming to meet them. 

They cried, 

“Hurrah, hurrah, this is very jolly, 

Hurrah, hurrah, for our own dear Polly.” 

Pedro replied, 

“I will bite off your ears, you little dears, 
And peck out the eyes of the next one who 
cries, ‘POLLY’!” 

Curly-Tail had once been to school, 
and learned a real yell, so he cried, 








82 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“What’s the matter with Pedro? 

He’s all right, 

Who’s all right? 

Pedro. 

Who says so? 

WE ALL SAY SO. 

PEDRO.” 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
said when they got near the house, 


“Daddy Do-Little is fast asleep, 

Let us creep in and quiet keep.” 

Pedro flew in the open window. 

His cage door was open. 

He jumped up on his perch and be¬ 
gan soon to swing to and fro on his 
little swing. 




THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE 


83 


The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
sat down in their fourteen little green 
rocking chairs, and began to rock to 
and fro, to and fro. 

Curly-Tail went after his tail and 
then Daddy Do-Little woke up saying, 

"I had a very pleasant dream, 

I thought I heard old Pedro scream.” 

Then they all laughed and made 
a great noise until Daddy Do-Little 
shook his Japanese Parasol, and 
pounded on the floor with it to bring 
the whole company to order. 

Once again they all shouted, “Hur¬ 
rah, hurrah!” 






GARDEN DAYS 


V 


If you ever plant a garden, 

This thing you should know, 

Plant some little magic seeds, 

To make your garden grow. 

* 

Daddy Do-Little was not very fond 
of work. 

He woke up one morning scolding, 

“I must grumble, oh yes, indeed, 

I haven't a single garden seed.” 

This happened at breakfast, and the 
Fourteen Little Darling Dogs laid 
down their fourteen little spoons, and 


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GARDEN DAYS 


85 


Curly-Tail and Tangle-Tail called in 
one breath, “We will plant your gar¬ 
den, we will wish for Magic seed. 

Then the funniest thing happened. 

Daddy Do-Little turned up his cup, 
and there inside, lay a package of gar¬ 
den seed. 

He took up his saucer, there lay 

another package of seed. 

\ 

He looked in his oat-meal bowl, 
there lay another package of seeds. 

v 

He said, 

“Fm surprised indeed to-day, 

In the merry month of May! ’ 




86 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Under everything he picked up was 
a package of garden seeds, a present 
from his little friends. 

Suddenly he remembered that he 
did not like to work very well, so he 
said, 

“I am too stiff for rake and hoe, 

I cannot plant seeds in a row.” 

Then the Fourteen Little Darling 
Dogs slipped out of the house and took 
up their fourteen little rakes and hoes 
and spades, and began to make a gar¬ 
den. 

Curly-Tail and Tangle-Tail dropped 
in the seeds. 


Daddv Do-Little called, 

V ' 





He Found Garden 


Seeds 


Everywhere 


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88 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“Too many beans and too many peas 
Plant some cabbage and lettuce please.” 

“Cabbages and lettuce,” shouted 
Pedro, “and don’t forget my sun¬ 
flowers, how I do like sunflower seeds!” 

They worked all day with rake, and 
spade, and hoe, and wheelbarrow, and 
Daddy Do-Little and Pedro shouted 
directions from time to time. 

"Make a wide path, don't make it narrow, 
Come this way with the old wheelbarrow. ” 

The sun shone warm and bright, 
and then patter, patter, patter fell the 
rain in a sudden shower. 

The Fourteen Little Darling Dogs 
took up their fourteen little rakes and 
went merrily homeward, shouting, 




GARDEN DAYS 


89 


“To make a good garden we always try, 
Daddy Do-Little good bye, good bye/’ 

Daddy Do-Little waved his new 
red handkerchief in farewell, and 
shouted, 

“I am so lazy, I wonder why, 

You always have to call good bye." 

Tangle-Tail then made his best bow 
and said, 

“I’m a tight-rope walker, I make confession 

I have to go follow my profession." 

) 

As he went off down the road Daddy 
Do-Little began to weep, but Curly- 
Tail cried, 

*■ 

“I’m not going away, I promise to stay, 

A year, a week, a month and day." 




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TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


Then Pedro said, 

'‘If what Parrots say is ever true, 

I'll NEVER say good bye to you.” 

Then Daddy Do-Little felt cheered 
up you may be sure. He said to the 
Parrot, 

"‘You'll have to behave, Sir, for one of your 
age, 

I'd really expect you to stay in your cage. ” 

* 

Turning to Curly-Tail he said, 

“ Tis time for bed, oh goodness me, 

Each hour grows later as you see.” 

They all went merrily to bed. 

When the moon came out Curlv- 

1 / 

Tail crept down stairs and went out 
into the garden, singing little songs 
like these, 





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92 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


“Little seeds you must grow, grow, grow, 
For we have been making a garden you 
know.” 

/ 

Then the little seeds sent their roots 
down into the earth and they sent 
their green shoots up. 

They grew very fast, for they were 
magic seeds of course, 

Curly-Tail danced up to bed and 
fell asleep dreaming happy dreams. 

In the morning Pedro got breakfast 
and Daddy Do-Little was so happy to 
have company that he just sat in the 
corner and forgot to look out at his 
garden all day. 




GARDEN DAYS 


93 


When evening came, Gurlv-Tail 
said, 

"Daddy Do-Little nobody knows, 

As well as I, how your garden grows.” 

They went out together and Daddy 
Do-Little rubbed his eyes, for every¬ 
thing was coining up in even rows. 

At that very minute Curly-Tail set 
up a shout for the Fourteen Little 
Darling Dogs came trooping along, 
and they all had picnic baskets! They 
sang, 

"A surprise party’s well if it doesn’t fail, 

A happy birthday to Curly-Tail!” 

Sure enough, it was Curly-Tail s 
birthday and the funny part of it was, 
nobody knew how old he was. 




94 


TALE OF CURLY-TAIL 


They had the picnic on the porch 
and Daddy Do-Little said, 

“I am very happy, I’m hale and hearty, 

I always enjoy a birthday party.” 

Curly-Tail danced so hard round, 
and round, and round, after his little 
tightly curled up tail, that I think he 
danced right out of the book, if you 
really want to know what became of 
him, 

Just send him a letter through the mail, 
And address it to Little Curly-Tail. 


FINIS 





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